86
year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely
companion, his 8 year-old Grandson Billy in "Jackass Presents: Bad
Grandpa." This October, the signature Jackass character Irving Zisman
(Johnny Knoxville) and Billy (Jackson Nicoll) will take movie audiences along
for the most insane hidden camera road trip ever captured on camera. Along the
way Irving will introduce the young and impressionable Billy to people, places
and situations that give new meaning to the term childrearing. The duo will
encounter male strippers, disgruntled child beauty pageant contestants (and
their equally disgruntled mothers), funeral home mourners, biker bar patrons
and a whole lot of unsuspecting citizens.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jackass_presents_bad_grandpa/
Unlike the "Jackass” movies
or the TV show, "Bad Grandpa" combines both Knoxville's need for
crazy stunts with a scripted story about a dirty old man and his precocious
kid. The crews first big scripted film. Knoxville plays Irving Zisman, the
randy 86-year old grandfather of Billy (Jackson Nicholl). Irving's wife of 46
years has died, and as "Bad Grandpa" opens, he reacts with a laugh
and acts as excited and say he finally has freedom. But at the funeral of Mrs.
Zisman, Billy's Mom pawns him off on his granddad. The kid will cramp
Irving's style, "I may be too old
to stir the gravy," he tells one woman, "but I can still lick the
spoon.", so a standard road trip type movie develops. Zisman will bring
Billy to his father, and then resume his quest to find the next "piece of
tail.”
While the gross-out jokes and
stunts will put people in seats, the real reason you should see "Bad
Grandpa" is because you can get your need for pranks and mayhem, while
also seeing a heartwarming film (although it follows the same plot as other
movies of its kind does). Also another reason to see this movie is because the
fact that it follows the same plot of other movies which are always great, but
it also has those crazy prank scenes.
If you like a raunchy movie then
“Bad Grandpa” has a boat load both in its framework story and the stunts put within.
Despite the trailer and commercials giving away practically every setup and/or
payoff, I've tried to avoid saying too much about the money shots. I'd say they
succeed about 65-70% of the time, and that, coupled with the performances of
the two leads characters, push this up to the recommended status.
If
you would like to watch the trailer to this video you can find it here. However
beware of large spoilers!
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